5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

RAPES

RAPES is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of rape

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rape

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.
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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___S R in the 1st position and S in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position RA_ES R in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

First-turn measures

All four describe RAPES used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.34 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How RAPES performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#1,690 Rank among openers
Opening with RAPES left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.61 average. It ranks #1,690 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
958
4 guesses
1,130
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
10
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
30%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

RAPES can come back 113 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

281 answers
185 answers
134 answers
124 answers
121 answers
100 answers
98 answers
94 answers
92 answers
78 answers
72 answers
67 answers
58 answers
53 answers
47 answers
39 answers
36 answers
29 answers
28 answers
27 answers
27 answers
22 answers
22 answers
22 answers
21 answers
20 answers
20 answers
20 answers
20 answers
19 answers

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for RAPES; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

R1A1P3E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.

Try next

COUNT TOILE COURT STINK TONAL TANGY

Strategy after playing RAPES

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to RAPES.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing RAPES:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

11.8% →
COUNT 5.65 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.29 bits
5.6% →
COURT 4.95 bits
5.2% →
STINK 4.94 bits
5.1% →
TONAL 5.07 bits
4.2% →
TANGY 4.03 bits
4.1% →
DEALT 4.80 bits
4.0% →
TRAIN 4.24 bits
3.9% →
TOILE 3.58 bits
3.3% →
NOIRE 4.15 bits